Sor-Jan Xantha
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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: Create a pod racer.
- Image Source: pyrohmstr
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: Podracer
- Manufacturer:
Sor-Jan Xantha
- Affiliation:
Jerek Zenduu
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: N/A
- Modularity: No.
- Production: Unique
- Material: Recycled carbo-plas sheeting, salvaged X-Wing repulsorlift engines, recycled kathor-duranium composite (frame, harness, and mounting), salvaged energy binder, second-hand control cable
- Classification: Podracer
- Role: Podracing
- Size: Large
- Weight: Extremely Light
- Armaments: None
- Defenses: Low
- Carbo-Plas plating
- Maneuverability Rating: Extreme
- Speed Rating: Extreme
- Propulsion: Repulsorlift
- Minimum Crew: 1
- Optimal Crew: 1
- Passenger Capacity: N/A
- Cargo Capacity: None
STRENGTHS
- This podracer was built by Sor-Jan Xantha. If it doesn't blow up on start-up, it ought to work out fine.
- Hawk-Bat Out Of Hell. This podracer is insanely fast. In theory. If the engines don't blow. The improvised repulsorlift drive adapter should give the podracer exceptional maneuverability (if it works), while the repulsorlift booster allowed this podracer to lift itself to exceptional heights (assuming the booaster doesn't explode).
- Your Neighbors Listen To Good Music (Whether They Want To Or Not). The sound system on this podracer can drop a beat across a large area.
- This podracer was built by Sor-Jan Xantha. Explosion, spontaneous combustion, and death are known side-effects of Corellian engineering. Use with discretion. Parental supervision highly recommended. In fact, to be safe, no one should use this.
- Single Passenger Crotch Rocket. Zero cargo capacity, no offensive capabilities, and the extreme high velocities almost guarantee anyone without Jedi reflexes is just going to kill themselves in a ball of fiery glory with this rig.
- No Room For Error. This thing is basically made of glorified plastic over a frame constructed of recycled paper-clips. Flub the power distribution and this podracer will literally tear itself apart. And try to avoid the bumps in the track, as this thing isn't made for a contact sport.
Jerek Zenduu
has cause to reflect on the decisions that brought him to the point of ownership for this vehicle.Mistake number one was probably entering the podrace to begin with. But mistake number two was definitely asking Sor-Jan Xantha to "pimp his ride" for him. You'd think the starfighter would have told him to be smart and go hire
Jorus Q. Merrill
for this sort of thing, but Jedi are crazy and some nerf herders just won't learn...Now, being a Corellian, Sor-Jan had heard of podracing, but he'd never actually built one before. Luckily, he found a YouHolo video that gave him the general concept and specifications he needed. But, who was going to fund this thing? Let's be real, Jedi don't have money and Jerek still hasn't paid Sor-Jan back for that fizzyglug on Ossus. Or the time before that. Or the time before that. Luckily, Corellia's shipbuilding industry also makes it basically the galaxy's favorite junkyard as well.
Dumpster diving through Coronet City is not for the faint of heart, but he managed to find a pair of T-85 repulsorlift engines that seemed like they might still be in working order with a lot of tender love and care. Or just spacertape and prayer. Probably both, given they were about as old as he was. Stripping those down to the repulsor cores, the young Anzat fashioned an improvised repulsorlift drive adaptor paired with the energy binder to give the pod its thrust. He also tweaked the thrust-to-lift ratio to his own specifications, thus voiding any warranty that might have existed on those X-Wing parts (not that anyone gives a 100,000 lightyear or 900 years warranty anymore to begin with...). With the spare parts from diassembling the engines, he cobbled together what he thinks will function as a repulsorlift booster. No, he hasn't actually tested it, but the theory is sound (if he got the calculations right for the power distribution... it was napkin math).
Scrouging bits and pieces of old starfighters and swoop bikes provided the carbo-plas sheeting that covers this glorious monument to recycling, while the frame was assembled using bits of kathor-duranium composite that were dredged out old landspeedes. The cabling is the only thing not from the junkyard, as Sor-Jan managed to find a good deal at a second-hand swoop shop. With that, he put this thing together. The kathor-duranium providing the frame for both the pod and the harness for the engine housing, while the carbo-plas sheeting puts a cover on everything. A light coat of paint hides how mismatched the pieces actually are, given their sourcing.
But for a weekend chop job? Not bad.
It may not start. It could explode. It may never ever cross the finish line. But for a weekend chop job? Not bad at all.
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